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The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
The Cotton Movement.

The New York Financial Chronicle, in
its weekly cotton review, says that for
tho week ending Friday evening, the 22d
inst, tue total receipts have reached IA,
222 bales, against 81 ,627 bales last week,
29,3US bales the previous week, and "a,
ll1 bales three weeks since; making the
total receipts since the 1st of September,
1856, 5, lO7,0l3 bales, against 1898, ,9S9
bulcs Tor the same period of 1885 sc,
showing an increase since September /,
1886, Of 10S, 1874 bales.
The exports for the week reach total
of 4G, 1876 bales, of which 33, ,227 were to
Great Britain, 3,543 to France, and
1856 to the rest of the continent. The
imports into continental ports for the
same period have been S5,000 There
has been an increase i'll the cotton in
sight, Friday night, of CT, 1872 bales as
compared with the same date of 1886, an
increase Of 39,2l9 bales rs compared
with the corresponding date of 1885 and
a decrease of 2l3, OFT bales as compared
with 1884.
The old interior stocks have decreased
during the week 12,257 bales, and are
IGI, ,S3S bales less than at this same time
Last Year. The receipts at the same
tohli" Ili'hC DcCIl IL, JOi DulcS lCSS tn;l0
the same week last year, and since Sep
tcmOcr l tie receipts at oil the towns are
3o,l"5 bales more than for, the same time
III ISGJ-9G. So,
The total receipts from the plantations
8iEco September l, 1856, are 5,16G, ,O59
bales; III loS5-SG were 5,254, ,375 bales;
in 1854 IS were i, 1873, 7O8 bales.
Although the receipts at the outports
the past week We're II, 222 bales, the
actual movement from plantations was
o.sly 2,,H4 bales, the balance being taken
tr"N tie stocks at the interior towns.
iMnt year the receipts from the planta-
TONS Jor the same week were 1886
oalts, and for 1885 they were S,2S2 bales.
The average weight of the deliveries
N Great Britain is 44G pounds per bale
THIS season, against 458 pounds during
the same time last season. The CONT,
mental deliveries average 446 pounds,
against 453 pounds last year, and for the
whole of Europe the deliveries average
.i'6 pounds per bale, against 455 pounds
last season.
Bombay appears to show on increase
compared with last year in the weeks
receipts Of 5000 bales, and an increasl
IN shipments Of $4,000 bales, and the
shipments since January show an in.
crease of $4,000 balos. The movement
from the ports other then Bombay is
5000 bales moro than for the same week
last year
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
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a Scheme to Rob tho Government,

The Pacific Railroad Commission Las
hardly been organized before the rumor
is put out that the stockholders Of the
Union Pacific, one of the companies to
be investigated, will turn over the main
line, stripped Of its branches and bust.
ness, to the government for an elephant.
The government will thus, it is assumed,
practically lose it's debt, and the men
who have swindled it will form = new
transcontinental system out of the roads
built, it is alleged, with Union Pacific
funds, but not consolidated with the
Union Pacific line. The investigation
now on foot will show whether the
scheme will work. 1t may turn out that
the government will be able to trace it's
property and find itself entitled to con-
troll Che branch Gpes.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
Judge Bingham, the new Chief Justice of

Judge Bingham, the new Chief Justice of
the District of Columbia, is five feet ten
inches in height aud well proporioned. He
has keen blue eyes, straight nose and .
high forehead. while his iron gray beard is
vera full With the exception Of Jlight
fringe Of hair around the lower part Of his
head he is entirely bald and for many years
wore a wig of long tiaxeu hair Lately he
discarded this vanity.
G. b. Mason and wife, of New Orleans,
have arrived at Louisville Ky, on their
tricyclng tour, having covered distance
of nearly 1000 miles at au average Of 30
miles per day. When they left their Louis
lana plantation Mrs. Manson was suffering
with rheumatism, but not q twngc of it
now remains. The route taken was up the
west side of the Mississippi, the return
journey will be down the eastern side.
In the Democratic primaries hcd in Ken.
lucky last Saturday il was practically de
| cidcd that General Simon b. Bucllncr, OF
Hart county. would be the next Governor
OF the state. Out of the GG1 delegates
elected $40 were elected by lis frcuds, and
Il number Of others have since announced
hat they will support him in tho ComycD
ton. State Senator Bryan leads for Lieu
tenant Governor. The other contests are
still in doubt.
A special from Jefferson City, -Mc". 'sa IS
that cN Supreme Judge .s!!.ffr+f W. Henry
ana State .AullST Walker hul an aI'rrca
81 INC street between o ana 10 o'clock
Tuesday morning in which Judge Henry
was shot, once in the right arm and again
in the brcas', and Walker WAS severely cut
on the head by Il blow from Judge Henry $
cane. Both men arc now in char%G of
physicians. The affair grew out of the
late Investigation of Auditor Walker by Il
legislative committee. Both arc old men.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
he noclIos ben All.

A gentleman who az the White
House yesterday to ins the President TO
visit his city next idll ilnd attend IA fair
says "ltis my judgH that lr. Cleye-
land makes q mistake I'M way fereceiyes
and talks TO persons WI ESAtend these in
vtations TO visit them Ne leads them all
to believe he will be tl.Sse, 'SStt they 20
and make preparations TO Receive him; then
he doesn't appear 1t is n belief that he
doesn't intend to attend any of the fairs or
other public occasions, but to go out pretty
pected circle. We will all be disappointed"
-OmahG Beo .
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
iiICKORY, n, G

IIKNNVINh, N. =,
[ send you to-day half dozen photo
graphs of G.. c. Hoffman, Of Conover.
n. c., and must say that your medicine
has done wonders for Mr.. Hoffman. It
seems like raising tho dead TO life; he
looks fat and hearty now, and they tell
me when he comwrnced your medicine
he was nothing but skin and bones. The
sore On his breast is healed over, and YOU
can see the ono on tho forehead is heal
ing up from the top. [ wish it had been
so that could have taken it when he
was at his worst, but could not leave
my office and he lives some distance from
here. Yours respectfully,
hICTNrCorr
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
"Chopping" Cotton.
in Southern Cultivator3

The characteristic work on cotton
farm during the month Of May is cotton
choppin8. Among tho many machines
that have been invented to DO this work
none has yet been very fayornbly re-
ccived or generally adopted by farmers.
Tho operation is onc-likc cottOn-p pick
in&--jhat seems TO dcmuud an ever
changing motion and the exercise OF an
cvcr-nctinG judgment which caunot be
matcrialiHCd into II machine. Such q
machine, however, is probably within
the possibilities Of human invention.
The cotton harvester is an undispUtCd
! necessity; but it is not SO clear that a
machine for chopping, OF merely
"blocking OUT cotton--rcducjng the
continuous row Of plants to hunchcs--is
exactly what is needed. Why SOW the seed
SO as to secure II continuous row OF
plants, and then at the first operation
proceed to destroy the continuity? On
poor, unfcrtilizcd land which requires
that the plants should stand very close
in order to mako maximum crop, hIch
Il continuous row is perhaps necessary
bat 1T seems IN unnecessary vase OF
seed and labor on land which will bear
tie stalks Is inches to Two or three feet
apart. Why not plant the seed on such
'Th" % nr;tn NV ri ',ant"J ~ Ii. n,t,r9 onUv,,
Successive years i'll hills 2X3J feet with
the most satisfactory results But it i:
too hate now to discuss the policy OF hill
or Step-plantinG. The crop is nearly all
planted and much Of it will soon br
ready for the first operation,
If the soil has been lmpactcd fron ilo
effect Of one on moro rains after plant
3 cr,1t cnI I,t ~ 4h" ,bt Nv, ~ -, ;,' ."
ITn r"mJ;,;nn w i,i, nf t%o ~ I'lU T''1 IS "I,' ",
nJ thn ,Y. CIV f '',' t, ca, ~ r+'
Tnfe' n;nn yhrth,,, II viii ~, '1' XIV ".', 49,,
rhon LrfNr" Nv nrtnr ,Jn,.;n,, N,:h'n
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
Free Trade aud Protection.

Our brother of the Rome Courier thinks
that we are on the wrong line in being in
favor of a protective tariff. Well, we are
Of opinion that our friend Of the Courier
Is ON the wrong line in being in favor of
free trade. He Is entitled to his views, and
we always respect an honest difference of
opinion. The Democratic party ia large
enough and patriotic enough for its mem
bcrs to entertain different views on eco.
nomiC questions We warn our friends
that the party he handicapped il it goes
into the next Presidential election with
anything like free trade platform. In our
IL cannot win with o tariff for
revenue only. 1t is an open secret TINT we
lost the election of 1880 on that issue. We
won in 1884, because, while PROMISING n
tariff for tho needs Of tho government hon.
estly administered, we promised, at the
same time, TO protect Onr industries and
labor AW8HstH ChrOnEcie,
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

This man, q. G. Hoffman, has risen
Dy the use of Botanic Blood Balm (B.
Is. B. to hispresont wonderful improved
condition. In short time his bonelcss
lorehead will be fully healed, and he vii!
stand q monument of humanity raised
from the verge of death. Few porrons
ever recover from such low state. Leing
on dying bed from that icii DESTROYER,
olo9a poison, with the bone Of his fore
head rOtted and taken ont 32x3 ;n,.!,o.
by the doctors, and given out to die.
FROM SKIN and bones, wrecked by blood
poison, to health and sound flesh is tho
work Of B. 3. Is.
be found, but when they are they should
not despair of recovery, as b. B, B. viii
euro them. VIII
When this medicine can cure such ex.
trGme cases; is it not reasonable that it
Will cure all cases of blood poison of Iaes
violence, as it has done in thousands Of
instances?
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Delicate diseases OF. either SEX,
however induced, speedily and permanently
cured. Book of particulars 10 couts in
stamps Address, Worlds Dispcnssry
Medical Association, G63 Main street, Buf.
falo, N. Y.
Nature never buiided so perfectly that
fashion did not try 20 improve the work.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

If you experience lad taste in the
mouth, saliowncSs or yellow color of skin,
feel stupid and drowSy, appetite unsteady
frequent headache or dizziness, you are
bilious, and nothing will arouse your
liver to action and strengthen up your sys.
TEN like DR.. Pierces Golden Medical
Discovery" By druggists.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
PITTS CARMINATtVE!
F0n IHEAHTs AID
TEETIijNG CHILD e & N,

An instant relief for colo of infants.
Cures Dysentery, Diarrhma, Cholera
lnfantum or any diseases Of the stomach
and bowels. Makes the critical period
Of Toething safe and easy. Is q safe and
pleasant tonic. For sale by all druggists,
and for wholesale by Howard, WILLET
Il Co., Augusta, Ga.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

a Boston doctor, who has Just retired
with big fortune, says he drew remedies
for corns and consumption out of the same
keg, and most of his patients pot well
This is believed to be the first 3hysician
who ever confessed
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
tigNERAL NEAys NoTes.
s.enssoi Interest Gathered nom yar,o
Quarters.

Maryland.
The mountains near Lynchburg, Va,
"ete egg covered with snow Tuesday morning.
a large anti,coercion meeting was held
in Cincinnati last night.
Roscoe Conkling is talked of for the pres
luency OF the New York Athletic Club.
Fire gutted 223 to 227 Canal street, New
York, last night. No fatalities. Loss not
stated.
James G. Blaine and family passed
through Albany, n. Y, Wednesday, bound
fov Augusta, Maine. 80.
Bloxham 10, Perry %, Pasco 16, scat.
tering 10, Goodrich 13, was the vote in
Tallahassee Wednesday. -
Thirteen Irish constables, who have re.
Gently resigned, will sail for America to-
morrow.
Lieutenant John w. Danenhower was
buried Sunday with military honors at Os.
wego, N Y.
The trial of J. IL. Vincent, the default
ing State Treasurer of Alabama, has been
postponed to July.
The Russian government has decided to
recall Count Schouvaloff, Russian ambassa-
dor to Germany.
The Hungarian primate will present to
the Pope, on the occasion Of the lattcr'o=
jubilee, beautiful gold chalicc. ..>...1,' =
Fifty of ST. Louis. -:5st sl..st't -?.!| ?,,n
$50 f6r election frauds and the
Gnu is not yet.
EXSccretary and Mrs Manning will be
presented to Queen Victoria at the next
drawing room, on May 1S.
Senator Hawlcy has left Washington for
Hartford and will remain in Connecticut
for several weeks.
Murat Halstcad has gone to Chicago to
call on Mr. Blaine, in the interest of Sena,
tor Sherman's candidacy, of course,
The works Of the Vosburg Manufacture
ing Company were burned last night in
New York. Loss %lG0, 600.
The First National Bank Of Statcsvillc,
N. c., has been authorized to commence
business with capital Of $500
Samuel e. Highland ex-TrcasurCr of
Carroll county, Ind, has been arrested for
cmbcZzlement, and his bond fixed at $G, 600
Major Inucs Randolph one of the cdo-
rial stall Of the Baltimore ImericdH, died
Thursday at his residence in Baltimore.
Water in the st. Lawrence river is slowly
subsiding, and danger is gradually passing
away.
Teasers and mixers in all window glass
struck for higher wares Cl0 per cent nrd
the mills arc closed.
Two mon ,vcro l,illod an ,,,o.ro,,, o,,,,o.
duct works in New York |VeGnrsIav "H nmn
fell down Il shaft and rock wciGhinr a
ton fell upon the other.
The TROY. N Y stove monldcrs von,
to return 10 work Mnnurnrtmrnrs hnY'
cynr viii NOT r,,s,,rn tii ,I ',,,'I itTm
pattern trouble is permanently settled.
Recorded Trottcr whose Slow recovery
has occasioned alarm among his friends
was taken to his home in Boston ON Mon
Gov
At n recent rccpn,ion in Boston Scnoio,
Edmunds kissed lhrcc little babies. md u
ribald paraurnpkcr SAYS that they nil died OF
congcstivc chils
Tho c,,cr,, nGico,, or ,n,, Eri.1,.. ,,r
Labor have baycnllrd all the labor ran,l'
which are not in accord with their ndujn
istrarion
q, thc n,so,,,o., ,,r ,,,,, ),,,,,,.;,,,, ,;u r,,
R;Tht iT, II,,7, " '1,W ,' N'''n Dh'; VIC
crai for Ireland, will he raised 70 tho iudj
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Ihe Mayor and doctors of Conoyor
VAL Yoniy tho awful condition from
which Mr.. Hoffman Was raised.
.. j. co.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
"Isn't that Mrs. HOLMES. l thought Il

''Isn't that Mrs. Holmes thought The
doctors gave hGr up Eho lcoks well now"
''She IS well. Alter the doctors gave up
her case she tried Dr. Picrce's Fayoritc
Prescription aud began to get better right
away. heard her say not long ago, that
she hadn't felt so well in 20 years. She
docs b9r own work and says that life seems
worth living, at last. Why said sic, 4
feel as if had been raised from the dead
almost" Thus do thousands Cttcst the
marvellous efficacy Of this Godgivon RENE
dy for female weakness, prolapsus, ulccra.
ton, leucorrh@c, morning sickness, weak
ness of stomach, tendency 10 cancerous
disease, nervous prostration, general debili-
ty and kindred affections
Man is Ikea potato--never sure when
he viii get Unto hot water"
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
The School Term.

The Constitution requires at least one
school to be kept open at least six months
III each year in each school district. 1t oc-
cured to us that it devolved upon the
officer who is by law the superintendent of
schools to sec that this requirement is car
ried out. But n correspondent, Mr. Geo.
B. Cromer. who is u lawyer, and good
lawyer takes different view, and insists
that the Superintendent has no powers or
duties beyond those conferred uDon him by
the General Assembly, If that view is cor
rect, then the General Assembly is TO blame
for not making it the duty Df the Superin-
tendent TO carry out this requirement.
E6lrJGJyY OhcPrcGr.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

For "worn-out," " l." run-down," debilitated
Keepers, and Ovcrworked women geneTalIy.
Dr. Ilorcc's Favorite Prescription is the heat
blt admirably fulnlls Il singlencss OF purpose,
being most potent Spscitlc for all those
women. Tho treatment Of many thousands
Of such cases Mt tho InvalidS' Hotel and Surg
icIl Institute has afforded Il large experience
III ldAptinG remedies for their euro, and
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05
nr. PiarGe's FaVOYite Preservation

IS tho result OF this vast experience. For
Internal congestion, In fIa M nation
ana ulcoratiOn, it is n Specific. 1t
and .norvne and imparts vigor and strength
to tho whole system. 1t cures weakness of
stomach, indigestion, bloatng, weak back,
nervous prostratlon, exhaustion, debility and
s'3cplcssncss, in either soX. Favoritc Prescrip-
Lion is sold by druggists under our poSittuS
guarantee. Sec wrapper around bottle.
PRRGSE $780, 70 FOR as5.oO. %
Send 10 cents in stamps for DR., Pierce's large
Treatise on Diseases OF W9mGn !1CQ pages,
sAisY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, eco Main Street,
Buffalo, N. Y.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

Man is Ikea potato never sure when
he VIII get into hot water"
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-27

Fifty thousand pounds sterling
good English money! would not give
The pleasure to any family that one o.
those Sterling pianos" in Alcolt y
Mavncr's exhibit in Exposition Hal
does. Don't fail to visit their space
and have the manager play for you, or
you can try them yourself.
If YOU want harness for your
driving horse at the most reasonable
price for leather and workmanship
don't fail to see Padgett Bros. stock
which is the largest and most conf
plete in the State.
NAV blossom tea, the best tea on the mar
ket. at Bouche's, s24 Main street, 10 cents
per pound.
The universal sentiment of those
who have tested Morris Cascarine is
that il is an unfailing and unrivalled
remedy for affections Of the digestive
organs.
Gumbo file and fine Mexican coffee just
arrived at Bouche's grocery store.
Ladies see Mrs. Gardeners advertis.
ment.
If YOU buy ANYTHING at the Arcade
store ask for II black and red puzzle,
they are free to all customers.
Douglas Bros, the Merchant Tail
ors. 703 Man street, have received
their fall and winter stock of the most
fashionable suiiings. They solicit the
orders of those desiring perfect fitting
garments aud made in the most artis'
tic manner
Saddles for the cowboy, saddles for
the ladies, saddles for quiet and easy
ride. and for those who wish some
thing for comfort and made of the
best material, and the largest selection
to choose from, ut Padgitt Bros.
There is no jewel so precious, no
blessing so great as perfect health. II
your stomach is weak aud disordered
and needs Il gentle yet Strengthening
stImulant use Morris Cascarine.
The HERALD does all kinds of job print
ing in good style ut lowest rates.
Parry Bros, real estate agency, st.
George hotel block, Dallas, Texas.
Honey. maple syrup by the gallon OF
quart. also dried beef, at A. Il. Bouche's.
Watches, diamonds, silver and sill
yer plated ware the best and cheapest
at j. p. Dohcrty Il Co.'S, Cos Main
street.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-27
Diamonds and Jewelry.

Among the successful exhibitors OF
the Exposition is the Field Manula,-
turing Company, who are doug a
large business in the sale of the lie
Ferre diamond, stone OF special
beauty that they are Introducing in
the southwest. They are making a
specially of this stone. which has the
brilliancy of diamond Without the
aid of any artificial lustrc hey arc
introducing the goods and selling
them AT wholesale prices thereby
making every purchaser an advertis
ing medium. The company is an old
established one of Louisville, Ky. and
any representation made by them
selves or attendant can be relied upon,
as the goods are sold for exactly what
they are. They have in stock az their
exhibit near the center of the Hall
full line of jcwelry oil all kinds, and
any purchaser who my buy of them
can rest assured that he is getting ex-
actly what he pays for at wholesale
prices.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-10-27

"Jo.Hen only at 230S Elm street.
Cioars tobacco of the best qualities and
low prices, at A. Il. Bouches.
Fresh country butter at A. T.. Bouche's'
vvcoon Chop Blended, May Blossom teas,
the best teas In the market, for SOC ana zoe
per mound at A. II. Bouche's.
AE Bouche. the Main street grocer, has
lust added splendid refrigerator, III which
he has ALWAYS the freshest country butter,
eggs and fresh Fleischman' yeast, WHICH 10
kent as cold MS can be.
The pension board met yesterday
and had sixteen applicants before 1t
for examination.
IL is a familiar axiom. that the
proot of the pudding is in the eating"
The proof OF Morris Cascarine as a
cure for liver and bowel complaints Is
in its use
Rogers silver plated forks and
spoons at manufacturers prices al
J. p. Doherty ~ Co.'S, sos Main street
2nd door from Lamar.
The black and red puzzle given to
every customer at the Arcade store
is equal to the great fifteen puzzle
that married the brains OF the whole
country. Get one. They are give to
every customer.
Buckwheat, roasted coilees, canned goods
mackere, herrings, apple butter, lresh
crackers. etc., a; Bouche's S24 Main street
Every visitor to Dallas should take
home a black and red i.uzzle they are
given free to every customer nj the
Arcade store, 1888 and $40 Elm street.
Miss Bud Thomas aud DR.. .. Nj.
Smith, OF springfield, Mo-, were mar
ii led on Ervay street yesterday morn
ing. Rev. r. T. Hanks officiating.
The couple took the 1880 Santa Fe
train for their home in Missouri.
The funeral of little jeff, son OF
Ford House, took place from The resi-
dence of Mr.. Rainwa,er this morning
at 10 o'clock.